Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in central nervous system, due to cryptococcal infection, TB or both?
By: WCJK Jayakody, KGK Ubeysekara and NH Kumarasinghe
Open Access
|Dec 2019Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) and cryptococcal meningitis remain the commonest causes of meningitis in patients with advanced HIV. This is a case history of an HIV patient on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for 2 months presented with CNS symptoms suggesting possible IRIS for an intra cerebral infection or any other CNS lesion. However, in diagnostic work-up patient is found to have features for tuberculosis as well as cryptococcal meningeal infection making a diagnostic dilemma of the reason for the IRIS
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/joshhm.v5i0.91 | Journal eISSN: 2478-0693
Language: English
Page range: 46 - 49
Published on: Dec 30, 2019
Published by: Sri Lanka College of Sexual Health and HIV Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2019 WCJK Jayakody, KGK Ubeysekara, NH Kumarasinghe, published by Sri Lanka College of Sexual Health and HIV Medicine
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